Matt Hardigree

Winter weather has left the City of Atlanta and surrounding areas, already prone to gridlock, in a condition of almost historic transportation disfunction as the infrastructure designed to keep the roads clear has failed at almost every step. Students are trapped in schools, thousands of motorists are trapped in cars, and the governor is sending in the National Guard.

Yesterday's rush hour is entering its 18th hour as people still haven't made it home. The Atlanta Journal Constitution reports that students who needed a bus to get home are sleeping in gyms and motorists have abandoned their cars by the hundreds to sleep wherever they can find shelter, including churches and the aisles of grocery stores.